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[applause] ron: ok. i know that i am wallowing in nostalgia here and ignoring less savory moments of these and other presidents. richard nixon forced himself to go to dinners like this where he had to hobnob with reporters who had written exposes of him. in the spring of 1971, nixon followed the advice of his press secretary and decided to play the good sport at the white house correspondents dinner. his gesture evidently did not impress the media. after his next press conference, nixon grumbled privately -- the reporters were considerably more bad mannered and vicious than usual. this bears out my theory that treating him with more content is a better policy. [laughter] ron: when nixon hosted a party for pow families and felt bathed in female admiration, he thought his masculine appeal insufficiently acknowledged in the subsequent press coverage. the god damned new york times and the washington about,"uld be writing he growled, "i am going to kick their asses around the block." such presidential eloquen
[applause] ron: ok. i know that i am wallowing in nostalgia here and ignoring less savory moments of these and other presidents. richard nixon forced himself to go to dinners like this where he had to hobnob with reporters who had written exposes of him. in the spring of 1971, nixon followed the advice of his press secretary and decided to play the good sport at the white house correspondents dinner. his gesture evidently did not impress the media. after his next press conference, nixon...
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and just moments from now historian ron chernow is set to hit the stage. now typically it would be a comedian, right. instead of roasting the president and the press corp, though, he'll share his perspective on american politics and history and where we stand as a nation today. although he did promise in a statement it's not going to be dry. all of this happening against the backdrop of another tragedy. this one in san diego, and the investigation is ongoing at this hour into a deadly shooting at a california synagogue on this last day of passover. once again leaving an american community to mourn another senseless act. i want to bring in our panel. joining me now princeton university professor of religion and african studies. former speechwriter for president obama. anita mcbride, former chief of staff to first lady laura bush. the comedian joins us as well who performed at ronald reagan's 1988 white house correspondence dinner. and simone on the red carpet at the dinner for us. i want to start with you because so much has changed to say the least since 1
and just moments from now historian ron chernow is set to hit the stage. now typically it would be a comedian, right. instead of roasting the president and the press corp, though, he'll share his perspective on american politics and history and where we stand as a nation today. although he did promise in a statement it's not going to be dry. all of this happening against the backdrop of another tragedy. this one in san diego, and the investigation is ongoing at this hour into a deadly shooting...
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welcomingn me in ron chernow. [applause] ron: thank you for that lovely introduction. a consent but i was surprised when i received the invitation to speak your tonight. -- i knew that they were not up for as an international sexed symbol, right?then he told me , they wanted to try boring at this year's dinner, and i said, i can deliver on that, big-time. [applause] [laughter] now you're talking my language. so here i am currently a 20 minute sedative for the evening. [laughter] it is nice to see such a healthy turnout tonight. as you all know, on tuesday the president let it be known he wanted members of his of ministration to stay away. at first i was puzzled by this news but then i learned that rumor was circulating in washington but i was going to be reading aloud from the redacted portions of the mueller report, and everything was explained. [laughter] [applause] course, there has been some squawking from the comedians, and i'm sorry about that. frankly, i thought those folks would have a little more of a sense of humor about my selection. after all, they are come
welcomingn me in ron chernow. [applause] ron: thank you for that lovely introduction. a consent but i was surprised when i received the invitation to speak your tonight. -- i knew that they were not up for as an international sexed symbol, right?then he told me , they wanted to try boring at this year's dinner, and i said, i can deliver on that, big-time. [applause] [laughter] now you're talking my language. so here i am currently a 20 minute sedative for the evening. [laughter] it is nice to...
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sure ron shernall. >> president trump stopped to talk to reporters at the white house. he answered questions about the mueller reports, campaign 2020 and other issues. >> mr. president. pres. trump: the stock market and our country from an economic standpoint is doing the best probably it is ever done. again hitting new highs and we have hit new highs again. unemployment numbers are the best they have ever been by far. we have almost 160 million people working today in the united states and that is more than we have ever had working and our country before. we are doing well on trade, we are doing well with china, things are going good, and i am bringing the first lady right now. she has worked very hard on the opioid crisis. we are down 17% from last year which is pretty amazing. we are down 17% with the opioid problem. it is a big addiction. we are handling it. ,he doctors are working with us the labs are working, the clinics are working, the pharmaceutical companies are working with us, and we have made a tremendous amount of progress. [indiscernible] subpoena is the
sure ron shernall. >> president trump stopped to talk to reporters at the white house. he answered questions about the mueller reports, campaign 2020 and other issues. >> mr. president. pres. trump: the stock market and our country from an economic standpoint is doing the best probably it is ever done. again hitting new highs and we have hit new highs again. unemployment numbers are the best they have ever been by far. we have almost 160 million people working today in the united...
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host: let's go to ron, who is calling from new hampshire. ron, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. findingquestion about resources in my area here. before i get to that, i want to make a quick, devout comorbidity. you were talking about comorbidity of people with autism. i do not think it is genetic. if you took someone who is neurotypical, and you put them in a society where 98 percent of the people ostracize m, i guarantee they will develop anxiety and depression, so the comorbidity i think is more the way society treats people with autism. resources herer in new hampshire. dartmouth medical center here i live here at my whole life without even realizing i had autism. i did not suspected, get any help at all cured i do not know if they do not have any or what the all, situation is, if they are just being bigoted against autism. i do not know what it was. i have lived my whole life with autism. i had to diagnose myself with it. to.e was no one to go i understand there are resources for children but not for adults. i mean, i would also like to be invol
host: let's go to ron, who is calling from new hampshire. ron, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. findingquestion about resources in my area here. before i get to that, i want to make a quick, devout comorbidity. you were talking about comorbidity of people with autism. i do not think it is genetic. if you took someone who is neurotypical, and you put them in a society where 98 percent of the people ostracize m, i guarantee they will develop anxiety and...
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trump: ron johnson is going to do it. congratulations. stand up, ron. will you get that done for me? get it done for wisconsin. [applause] pres. trump: he'll do it. he'll do it. on issue after issue, the democrat party has never been further outside the american mainstream. it's crazy what's going on with them. do i look forward to running against them. [applause] aes. trump: they are pushing $100 trillion government economy of the u.s. known as the green new deal. [booing] we are going to rip inn every single building manhattan and building new building in its place. introduced a total federal takeover of u.s. health care that would abolish the private health insurance of 180 million americans, many of you are in this room right now. [booing] pres. trump: they are aggressively pushing extreme late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mothers when writing till the moment of birth. [booing] week,trump: just this your democrat governor -- [booing] we have scott walker here. [applause] pres. trump: great governor. he did a great job. he
trump: ron johnson is going to do it. congratulations. stand up, ron. will you get that done for me? get it done for wisconsin. [applause] pres. trump: he'll do it. he'll do it. on issue after issue, the democrat party has never been further outside the american mainstream. it's crazy what's going on with them. do i look forward to running against them. [applause] aes. trump: they are pushing $100 trillion government economy of the u.s. known as the green new deal. [booing] we are going to rip...
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thank you to ron chernow. can't wait to hear you speak, sir. thank you to megan lieberman and the entire team at siriux xm. and my firstnews, home in journalism. thank you to greg and his team at happy cog for overhauling our website. thank you for american university. audience,t into the thank you to advocate for the committee to protect journalists, as well as the president of the national association of journalists, sarah glover. this is a big one. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for the staff here at the washington hilton. your professionalism and your warmth, your attention to detail, you have always made this a special event. and a very special thank you to someone whose counsel has always steered us in the right direction whose particular talents got an unusually robust workout this year. our lawyer, george. [applause] when the white house stripped credentials, i did the easy work of saying no president could pick and choose who covers him, while george did the hard work of filing a briefing on support of cnn. [applause] an th
thank you to ron chernow. can't wait to hear you speak, sir. thank you to megan lieberman and the entire team at siriux xm. and my firstnews, home in journalism. thank you to greg and his team at happy cog for overhauling our website. thank you for american university. audience,t into the thank you to advocate for the committee to protect journalists, as well as the president of the national association of journalists, sarah glover. this is a big one. thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you...
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people say to me all the time, ron, why didn't you tell me? and i go, friend, you could have bought that stock by the wheelbarrow for a year. you didn't, because you didn't believe in it. you didn't understand it. that is the reality of innovation and transformation, it is a willingness to make those commitments ahead of certainty. the third major transformation for us occurred in 1999. i was at that time operating a public company with four divisions -- abp, abp international, a manufacturing business, and the fourth called panera. i was struggling with it. i realized that for now or potential to be international dominant. very few companies ever get there. it is so difficult. i was away with a friend and i was saying, i am really concerned. this is a golden goose. it has the potential to be powerful. my friend looked at me and said, what would you do if panera on -- owned all those other divisions, if the name of the company was panera. i said, if i had any guts, i would monetize all the other assets, use those resources to make panera happe
people say to me all the time, ron, why didn't you tell me? and i go, friend, you could have bought that stock by the wheelbarrow for a year. you didn't, because you didn't believe in it. you didn't understand it. that is the reality of innovation and transformation, it is a willingness to make those commitments ahead of certainty. the third major transformation for us occurred in 1999. i was at that time operating a public company with four divisions -- abp, abp international, a manufacturing...
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ron klain is here and michael steele and kareem john pierre. we played that not because i can't believe it but it is in here in the obstruction of justice investigation. and as people like chuck rosenberg and frank figliuzzi told us at the time. the signal sent to any criminal insnared in an investigation by the man who sits atop the government when he trashes cooperating witnesses is remarkable. and it wasn't lost on robert mueller. what rings through to me is what a bunch of sort of unethical -- i want to use words that won't get me in laura ingram's opening montage today. what a group of unethical acting people. >> cally wags. >> yeah. >> sarah sanders smearing jim comey from the podium saying that -- talking about his leadership at the fbi when under questioning with mueller's investigators saying heat of the moment. you're the white house press secretary. >> heat of the moment i wasn't exactly truthful about that. yeah, nicole, this is why this team in the white house has been so nervous about this. not only about how this piece of the puz
ron klain is here and michael steele and kareem john pierre. we played that not because i can't believe it but it is in here in the obstruction of justice investigation. and as people like chuck rosenberg and frank figliuzzi told us at the time. the signal sent to any criminal insnared in an investigation by the man who sits atop the government when he trashes cooperating witnesses is remarkable. and it wasn't lost on robert mueller. what rings through to me is what a bunch of sort of unethical...
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and ron vitiello, acting i.c.e. director. so many acting positions, we're also hearing the head of the secret service is out. what's happening behind the scenes there? why can't this administration seem to find a permanent director to so many very crucial agencies? >> well, it speaks to the high rate of turnover under this president because he can be difficult to work for in the way he likes to run things. he sort of likes to be the central hub and have people kind of scrambling to please him. he often will grow dissatisfied with people. there's a long history littered with top officials fired by tweet or unexpectedly brought in for a meeting and fired or teased that they were going to be fired for several months, until finally ultimately being fired or resigning. one thing i will say about the acting in a lot of these posts haven't been filled is from the president's point of view, especially from some of those officials who he deals with on a fairly regular basis, he sort of likes it is what i've been told. he thinks it kee
and ron vitiello, acting i.c.e. director. so many acting positions, we're also hearing the head of the secret service is out. what's happening behind the scenes there? why can't this administration seem to find a permanent director to so many very crucial agencies? >> well, it speaks to the high rate of turnover under this president because he can be difficult to work for in the way he likes to run things. he sort of likes to be the central hub and have people kind of scrambling to please...
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. >> ron bamieh is jane's defense attorney. and according to him, dave laut is far from the hometown hero so many believed him to be. the real truth about dave laut, said bamieh, for nearly three decades, he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, it's power and control. we have verbal abuse, names he called her over a long period of time. emotional abuse. the way he treats her. we have physical abuse, that's everything from the punching to the kicking to the slapping to the hitting, throwing her down, pulling her hair, spitting on her. >> and jane wasn't the only victim, said bamieh. dave was angry that his adopted son, michael, was not athletic. >> neighbors would hear him call michael names, racial names to michael that are just horrible. we have him yelling at him in the street because he can't ride a bike or catch a football or play baseball. >> all those years jane was afraid to report dave. said bamieh, afraid of what he might do to her loved ones. so she covered up her abuse and her injuries. we obtaine
. >> ron bamieh is jane's defense attorney. and according to him, dave laut is far from the hometown hero so many believed him to be. the real truth about dave laut, said bamieh, for nearly three decades, he subjected his wife to horrific abuse. >> like all abuse, it's power and control. we have verbal abuse, names he called her over a long period of time. emotional abuse. the way he treats her. we have physical abuse, that's everything from the punching to the kicking to the...
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. >> my guests, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota and republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin, plus some democrats say now is the time for impeachment. but polls show it is not popular with the public. and speaker pelosi is not budging. >> there are some people who are more eager for impeachment, many more eager to just follow the investigation. >> also making his case -- >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally altar the character of this nation. >> joe biden argues trump needs to go and he can beat him. >> joining me peggy nunen, and
. >> my guests, senator amy klobuchar of minnesota and republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin, plus some democrats say now is the time for impeachment. but polls show it is not popular with the public. and speaker pelosi is not budging. >> there are some people who are more eager for impeachment, many more eager to just follow the investigation. >> also making his case -- >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally...
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-- andured speaker, author historian ron china. now a discussion on how to prevent violent extremism in countries with weak or failing governments. because include former secretary of state madeleine albright, the u.s. institute of peace hosted the forum -- speakers include former secretary of state madeleine albright. the u.s. institute of peace hosted the forum.
-- andured speaker, author historian ron china. now a discussion on how to prevent violent extremism in countries with weak or failing governments. because include former secretary of state madeleine albright, the u.s. institute of peace hosted the forum -- speakers include former secretary of state madeleine albright. the u.s. institute of peace hosted the forum.
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also with us ron klain, he knows the workings of the white house and the senate. and knows the kind of dine mix that go on between mitch mcconnell and president trump in a situation like this. and adam generalson is with us. he's the former deputy chief of staff to former smenate majorit leader harry reid. he knows the workings on mitch mcconnell's mind on these matters very well. he's joined us before on this subject. doctor, i want to start with you. this is the day where it just became overwhelming. where in watching the president it became imperative that we once again check in on a psychiatric view of what it is we're watching when we're watching donald trump in these situations. >> well, i feel like you asked me here kind of on a house call tonight. it was a very strange day, even for donald trump. i think what he'll see tomorrow, i predict, is that he meant to say his grandfather was born in germany. he was clearly struggling to find -- to kind of locate his thoughts and his memories. and he'll get it -- he'll -- he'll just segue out of that by saying he me
also with us ron klain, he knows the workings of the white house and the senate. and knows the kind of dine mix that go on between mitch mcconnell and president trump in a situation like this. and adam generalson is with us. he's the former deputy chief of staff to former smenate majorit leader harry reid. he knows the workings on mitch mcconnell's mind on these matters very well. he's joined us before on this subject. doctor, i want to start with you. this is the day where it just became...
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following the rally, watch live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner with featured speaker ron churn out. -- chernow. >> bombings in sri lanka killed almost 300 people in sri lanka. secretary of state mike pompeo blamed the attack on islamic terrorist. he talked about the bombings at the state department, leading off the briefing of ending sanctions of countries importing oil from iran. sec. pompeo: before i make my announcement regarding our pressure campaign against the islamic campaign against iran, i want to address yesterday's attack in sri lanka. what was supposed to be a joyful easter sunday was marred by a horrific wave of islamic radical terrorist bloodshed. heartbreaking that a country which has strived so hard for peace in recent years, has been targeted by these terrorists. we mourn the loved ones of the victims, some of whom an
following the rally, watch live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner with featured speaker ron churn out. -- chernow. >> bombings in sri lanka killed almost 300 people in sri lanka. secretary of state mike pompeo blamed the attack on islamic terrorist. he talked about the bombings at the state department, leading off the briefing of ending sanctions of countries importing oil from iran. sec. pompeo: before i make my announcement regarding our pressure campaign against the...
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host: that was ron chernow. if you want to see it again, you can watch the event in its entirety on a website, www.c-span.org. philadelphia, democrat line, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment about trump and his followers there at the rally. believe that what we call evangelical christians, evangelical is the word christians used to hide their inside know meon nomian, i believe is how it is pronounced. when i see trump, he is no morality. is this what our country is going to? i'm sorry. i can't accept him. thank you. host: miriam, florida, republican. good morning. good morning. the first lady, i agree with her wholeheartedly. she's a liberal, and yet we can agree on the press and the way they are treating the present. i have watched c-span since 1979 when you first went on the air. i have to comment on the has then who progressive party or the progressive wing, that is the most hateful, meanest man i have , and i wouldc-span like to know who the producer .as i have never seen a guest speak so r
host: that was ron chernow. if you want to see it again, you can watch the event in its entirety on a website, www.c-span.org. philadelphia, democrat line, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment about trump and his followers there at the rally. believe that what we call evangelical christians, evangelical is the word christians used to hide their inside know meon nomian, i believe is how it is pronounced. when i see trump, he is no morality. is this what our country is going to?...
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thank you to ron chernow. can't wait to hear you speak, sir. >> [applause] olivier: thank you to the entire team at for your support and forence and -- at sirius xm your support and patience, and to yahoo! news. team you to greg and his for overhauling our website. thank you to american university encouragingip in american journalism. thank you do advocates from the committee to protect journalists, as well as the president of the national association of black journalists, sarah glover. >> [applause] olivier: this is a big one. thank you, thank you, thank you to the staff here at the washington hilton. your professionalism and your warmth, your attention to detail have always made this special event. and a very special thank you to someone whose counsel has always steered us in the right direction, but whose particular talents got been unusually robust or got this year -- an unusually robust workout this year, our lawyer. when the white house script jim acosta of his credentials, i pointed out no president sho
thank you to ron chernow. can't wait to hear you speak, sir. >> [applause] olivier: thank you to the entire team at for your support and forence and -- at sirius xm your support and patience, and to yahoo! news. team you to greg and his for overhauling our website. thank you to american university encouragingip in american journalism. thank you do advocates from the committee to protect journalists, as well as the president of the national association of black journalists, sarah glover....
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turnout -- ron turnout -- churnell. announcer: converses on the last week of spring recess. members returned to capitol hill on monday. the house to work on climate change. the senate continues confirmation of district court judges and high-level jobs in the trump administration. watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. during this break, some members of congress are on the campaign trail. congressman seth moulton of massachusetts spoke at this morning's politics and eggs breakfast in bedford, new hampshire and if the democrats should already be pursuing the president's impeachment. here is a look at some of what you will see tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> this is another place where frankly i disagreed with the party, because i voted with the minority of democrats last year to start moving on impeachment proceedings. even lastason is that year there was ample evidence that the president and his associates committed crimes. investigationthis has already indicted over 30 of the president's closest associat
turnout -- ron turnout -- churnell. announcer: converses on the last week of spring recess. members returned to capitol hill on monday. the house to work on climate change. the senate continues confirmation of district court judges and high-level jobs in the trump administration. watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. during this break, some members of congress are on the campaign trail. congressman seth moulton of massachusetts spoke at this morning's politics and eggs breakfast...
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ron insana, to you first. yesterday cnbc put out a report that said this jobs report is massively important. it will tell us where the economy is. this is a giant big, beautiful number. today, this friday. last friday larry kudlow was calling for rate cuts. pick your poison. >> this is a real issue. there's cognitive dissidence in the white house economic team with respect to where the economy is. the president has been praising this as the strongest economy in the history of the united states. that's not an environment in which you would lower interest rates, fear deflation or a sudden recession. the economy still looks good. jobless claims are at a 50-year low. those came out yesterday. 2,000 new claims last week. there's no need for a rate cut. the fed was wise to pause given what happened in the fourth quarter. the u.s. is outperforming by almost every metric. so we don't need rate cuts. the white house should be taking a victory lap without clouding the picture by saying we need more rate cuts. >> dr. gre
ron insana, to you first. yesterday cnbc put out a report that said this jobs report is massively important. it will tell us where the economy is. this is a giant big, beautiful number. today, this friday. last friday larry kudlow was calling for rate cuts. pick your poison. >> this is a real issue. there's cognitive dissidence in the white house economic team with respect to where the economy is. the president has been praising this as the strongest economy in the history of the united...
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good morning to you, ron. caller: good morning and thank you for taking the phone call. thank you for being on the cutting edge of what we need to get fixed in the planetp i think what happens is people get lost in the jargon. they say oh, at one point, five degrees centigrade increase will kill people. know, here is what is killing people. in 1970, when they took the photos from space, of the beautiful blue planet, there were 2.5 billion people on this planet. today, there are 7.7 billion people on this planet. you certainly can tell, the only way that normal human beings that are just citizens of the united states can understand this or grasp of this is by getting on any freeway or driving on any highway in this country and seeing how much traffic is on there and how many more people are here. and that is just in our country. but throughout the world if you go to, mumbai or china and you can't see across the street because of the smog, you get a better grip on climate change. please address the population boom and tell us what we can do as a planet to sustain us. ,he l
good morning to you, ron. caller: good morning and thank you for taking the phone call. thank you for being on the cutting edge of what we need to get fixed in the planetp i think what happens is people get lost in the jargon. they say oh, at one point, five degrees centigrade increase will kill people. know, here is what is killing people. in 1970, when they took the photos from space, of the beautiful blue planet, there were 2.5 billion people on this planet. today, there are 7.7 billion...
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host: ron is next. >> president trump and the first lady are hosting the 141st easter egg roll today. we will have live coverage here on c-span. before we take you to the white house life, here's look back at previous years. >> is everybody ready? >> 1, 2, 3 go. the 141st annual white house easter egg roll on the south lawn posted by first lady melania trump, here's a look back at past presidents. [whistle]
host: ron is next. >> president trump and the first lady are hosting the 141st easter egg roll today. we will have live coverage here on c-span. before we take you to the white house life, here's look back at previous years. >> is everybody ready? >> 1, 2, 3 go. the 141st annual white house easter egg roll on the south lawn posted by first lady melania trump, here's a look back at past presidents. [whistle]
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grant, read ron turner house book -- ron 37,now's book, chapter advised of a brewing scandal called the whiskey ring. as we all know from history general grant was very honest, but he had some not so honest people around him. he said we have to do something and he made a presidential decision, not an attorney general decision, we are going to appoint a special counsel to investigate us. the whiskey ring, born in st. louis, there is no income tax in those days. can you imagine? think about it. move to texas. [laughter] mr. starr: i see hands going up. there is a trend underway , especially from california, but i digress. a special counsel -- grant being politically aware indeed if not astute, says we cannot have someone who is identified as party of lincoln, grand old party, the party that rose up righteously against slavery, the party that saved the union, we can't have us investigating ourselves so let's go to the other party, the party of thomas jefferson, and let's name someone from that party to do the investigation. and so it was. a former united states senator of the other party f
grant, read ron turner house book -- ron 37,now's book, chapter advised of a brewing scandal called the whiskey ring. as we all know from history general grant was very honest, but he had some not so honest people around him. he said we have to do something and he made a presidential decision, not an attorney general decision, we are going to appoint a special counsel to investigate us. the whiskey ring, born in st. louis, there is no income tax in those days. can you imagine? think about it....
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with us, ron klain a senior aide to vice president joe biden and president obama. he was a former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee and chief of staff to attorney general janet reno. he knows the workings of the attorney general's office. ryan, i want to start with you. you have been reporting extensively on william barr's previous history in the justice department, republican administration. that involved a very similar situation in which he was issuing a summary version of what later turned out to be something very different from the summary. what does that tell us then about what we might expect in the difference between what has been the william barr summary of the mueller report and the next chapter, the redacted william barr version of the mueller report. >> that's right. so there's a remarkable episode that is very similar to today. 199, william barr had actually issued or written an opinion for the justice department highly controversy. it looked like it paved the way for the united states to forcibly abduct the leader of panama. so congress w
with us, ron klain a senior aide to vice president joe biden and president obama. he was a former chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee and chief of staff to attorney general janet reno. he knows the workings of the attorney general's office. ryan, i want to start with you. you have been reporting extensively on william barr's previous history in the justice department, republican administration. that involved a very similar situation in which he was issuing a summary version of what...
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joining our discussion now ron klain, senior aide to vice president biden. and to president obama when they were in the white house and democratic strategist aisha moodie mills a fellow at harvard's kennedy school. and aisha, the president today said that he got that answer perfectly right. he didn't repeat it. he didn't go into the same words again, but what he's saying was right was ta there were very fine people on both sides which means he believes that some of those people who we saw chanting jews will not replace us and other things were very fine people. >> this is a pattern of the president, right? where he embraces white supremacists he embraces nazi sympathizers and then says oh well, you know, they're all kind of fine people. here's the challenge we have not yet reconciled in america the fact that the civil war was about something that was far deeper than the economic condition of the south that we like to talk about. and that absolutely was a fundamental moral test for us around how we think about certain communities in this country. and we've ne
joining our discussion now ron klain, senior aide to vice president biden. and to president obama when they were in the white house and democratic strategist aisha moodie mills a fellow at harvard's kennedy school. and aisha, the president today said that he got that answer perfectly right. he didn't repeat it. he didn't go into the same words again, but what he's saying was right was ta there were very fine people on both sides which means he believes that some of those people who we saw...
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ron mott, we both tweeted about it. as we mentioned a short time ago but he also had comments did he not, ron? >> reporter: he did, indeed. in fact, the president wrapped up a roundtable. it was to be about tax rcuts. and he was running a bit behind schedule. perhaps staying on air force one watching the rolling coverage of that in paris. here's a limb bit of how he started this conference this afternoon. take a listen. >> terrible, terrible fire. you probably saw, some of you have heard. some of you have not, because you've been here. but i will tell you, the fire that they're having at the notre dame cathedral is something that a few people have witnessed. when we left, we had a whole group of your great representatives, and what we left the plane, it was burning at a level that you rarely see a fire burn. it's one of the great treasures of the world. the greatest artists in the world. probably if you think about it i would say it might be the greater than almost nil museum in the world. and it's burning very badly. l
ron mott, we both tweeted about it. as we mentioned a short time ago but he also had comments did he not, ron? >> reporter: he did, indeed. in fact, the president wrapped up a roundtable. it was to be about tax rcuts. and he was running a bit behind schedule. perhaps staying on air force one watching the rolling coverage of that in paris. here's a limb bit of how he started this conference this afternoon. take a listen. >> terrible, terrible fire. you probably saw, some of you have...
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the rally, watch the white house correspondents dinner with featured speaker, author and historian ron churn ow. -- chern >> the japanese prime minister is in washington to discuss security and economic issues. at the whitel house, the pie minister and the president spoke to reporters. this is about 25 minutes. >> it could have been a lot higher. it is a surprise. a very big number. minister told me congratulations on your number. >>[ speaking foreign language] pres. trump: i just returned from indiana, the nra conference. i did not want to create this -- keep this great gentleman .aiting period >> [speaing japanese] pres. trump: tonight the prime minister and the great first lady of japan will be having dinner with us, celebrating our first ladies does -- birthday. i told milani a, would you like melania, would you like to have mr. and mrs. abe join us for your birthday? and she said she could not think of anyone she would rather have. pres.eaking japanese] trump: we will be having dinner tonight at the white house. we will be having our representatives with us. i think a lot will be
the rally, watch the white house correspondents dinner with featured speaker, author and historian ron churn ow. -- chern >> the japanese prime minister is in washington to discuss security and economic issues. at the whitel house, the pie minister and the president spoke to reporters. this is about 25 minutes. >> it could have been a lot higher. it is a surprise. a very big number. minister told me congratulations on your number. >>[ speaking foreign language] pres. trump: i...
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they are instead having ron turn up, a major historian who wrote the hamilton book that became that musical everyone saw. he is going to give a talk about american history. i don't know how many jokes he is going to pull off. him, aind of a way for way for the association to reform the dinner. the hill hass -- to pull out of the dinner after the show will gave some insulting jokes on sarah sanders. for thatidely panned performance. is back. some of the top parties like arety fair, bloomberg, they no longer having those parties anymore like they did in the obama administration. become a more subdued affair. it has gonback to its roots, and the celebrities do not want to have anything to do with president trump or controversial topics in washington. you jumped into my next question. normally we see hollywood celebrities come in big-name people showing up at this dinner who are not connected to journalism at all. do we expect any prominent guests at the dinner this year? like: there are people jordan klepper, who is a comedian. night.iver was seen last driver was seen last night. s.ese are b-l
they are instead having ron turn up, a major historian who wrote the hamilton book that became that musical everyone saw. he is going to give a talk about american history. i don't know how many jokes he is going to pull off. him, aind of a way for way for the association to reform the dinner. the hill hass -- to pull out of the dinner after the show will gave some insulting jokes on sarah sanders. for thatidely panned performance. is back. some of the top parties like arety fair, bloomberg,...
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ron is watching in florida. caller: hello. we have the largest in course rated population in the free world. when people serve their time and get out of jail, they are unable to get high-end jobs. competing withre illegal emigrants for work. isn't that a form of double jeopardy? when did our government begin to serve people that came into the country more than people that serve time? it creates a conveyor belt of crime. do whatever back to you did to get in jail when you can't find work. thank you very much for your time. as a former sheriff, the people returning to the community and making them successful was one of my number one priorities. if they come back to this community and we don't find ways to make them successful and help them be successful when they come back, they will go back to what they know. that is drug dealing for most of them. we had a very robust program in jacksonville dealing with reentry. communities, they give you a bus ticket back home. you get off the bus with your close and your on your own. we wond
ron is watching in florida. caller: hello. we have the largest in course rated population in the free world. when people serve their time and get out of jail, they are unable to get high-end jobs. competing withre illegal emigrants for work. isn't that a form of double jeopardy? when did our government begin to serve people that came into the country more than people that serve time? it creates a conveyor belt of crime. do whatever back to you did to get in jail when you can't find work. thank...
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. >> that was historian ron chernow setting the tone for his speech. this year's toast to the washington press wasn't anything like last year's biting performance, it didn't stop the pulitzer prize winner from throwing a few jabs of his own. take a look. >> now it's nice to see such a healthy turnout tonight. as you all know on tuesday the president let it be known that he wanted members of his administration to stay away from his dinner, and at first i was puzzled by this news, but then i learned that a rumor was circulating in washington that i was going to be reading aloud from the redacted portions of the mueller report, and everything was explained. campaigns against the press don't get your face carved into the rocks of mount rushmore for when you chip away at the press, you chip away at our democracy. i shutter, shutter at the sheer savagery to which washington politics has descended, but we've also seen the wisdom of our constitution at work with the boldly asserted press, an independent judiciary and a rejuvenated congress providing checks on
. >> that was historian ron chernow setting the tone for his speech. this year's toast to the washington press wasn't anything like last year's biting performance, it didn't stop the pulitzer prize winner from throwing a few jabs of his own. take a look. >> now it's nice to see such a healthy turnout tonight. as you all know on tuesday the president let it be known that he wanted members of his administration to stay away from his dinner, and at first i was puzzled by this news, but...
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ron is right. some of them didn't. >> it's not clear that they were returning to the zero tolerance policy. >> what are is zero tolerance? >> they prosecute everyone and results in family separations. what they are doing and what they intend to do amounts to the most aggressive hard line policy changes we have seen since trump was elect and mostly it makes it much more difficult. they want to make it more difficult for people to seek asylum in america. it's not about the wall, it's about asylum. >> president denied he was trying to separate families and falsely blamed his predecessor, obama. >> president obama had child separation. take a look. the press knows it, you know it, we all know it. i'm the one that stopped it. president obama had child separation. i'll tell you something. what you don't have it, you see many more people coming like it's a picnic. let's go to disneyland. president obama separated children. they had child separation. i was the that changed it. >> you know, ron, he is speak
ron is right. some of them didn't. >> it's not clear that they were returning to the zero tolerance policy. >> what are is zero tolerance? >> they prosecute everyone and results in family separations. what they are doing and what they intend to do amounts to the most aggressive hard line policy changes we have seen since trump was elect and mostly it makes it much more difficult. they want to make it more difficult for people to seek asylum in america. it's not about the wall,...
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trump: ron johnson is going to do it. congratulations. stand up, ron. will you get that done for me? get it done for wisconsin. [applause] pres. trump: he'll do it. he'll do it. on issue after issue, the democrat party has never been further outside the american mainstream. it's crazy what's going on with them. do i look forward to running against them. [applause] aes. trump: they are pushing $100 trillion government economy of the u.s. known as the green new deal. [booing] we are going to rip inn every single building manhattan and building new building in its place. introduced a total federal takeover of u.s. health care that would abolish the private health insurance of 180 million americans, many of you are in this room right now. [booing] pres. trump: they are aggressively pushing extreme late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mothers when writing till the moment of birth. [booing] week,trump: just this your democrat governor -- [booing] we have scott walker here. [applause] pres. trump: great governor. he did a great job. he
trump: ron johnson is going to do it. congratulations. stand up, ron. will you get that done for me? get it done for wisconsin. [applause] pres. trump: he'll do it. he'll do it. on issue after issue, the democrat party has never been further outside the american mainstream. it's crazy what's going on with them. do i look forward to running against them. [applause] aes. trump: they are pushing $100 trillion government economy of the u.s. known as the green new deal. [booing] we are going to rip...
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obviously, rick scott won by about 10,000 votes and ron desantis by about 35,000 votes. she didn't need your help. she won by a landslide of about 500,000 votes. incredibly impressive in terms of connecting with the voters and a great background. on januaryg office 8, a few short months, she has already been recognized as a national leader by being appointed to the executive committee of the national association of attorneys general. also very active with the republican attorneys general association and the rule of law defense fund, which she is on the border of dashboard of. in the past couple weeks, she was appointed by governor desantis as the point person on ske florida statewide ta force on opioid abuse. we are honored to have her. thank you for being here. [applause] this is a very unique opportunity. thank you so much for the kind invitation to join you today. every time i come to washington in ain awe, i grew up rural town. coming to washington is a big deal for me. it reminds me also of another republican attorney general who will remain nameless because he woul
obviously, rick scott won by about 10,000 votes and ron desantis by about 35,000 votes. she didn't need your help. she won by a landslide of about 500,000 votes. incredibly impressive in terms of connecting with the voters and a great background. on januaryg office 8, a few short months, she has already been recognized as a national leader by being appointed to the executive committee of the national association of attorneys general. also very active with the republican attorneys general...
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host: let's go to ron, who is calling from new hampshire. ron, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. findingquestion about resources in my area here. before i get to that, i want to make a quick, devout comorbidity. you were talking about comorbidity of people with autism. i do not think it is genetic. if you took someone who is neurotypical, and you put them in a society where 98 percent of the people ostracize m, i guarantee they will develop anxiety and depression, so the comorbidity i think is more the way society treats people with autism. resources herer in new hampshire. dartmouth medical center here i live here at my whole life without even realizing i had autism. i did not suspected, get any help at all cured i do not know if they do not have any or what the all, situation is, if they are just being bigoted against autism. i do not know what it was. i have lived my whole life with autism. i had to diagnose myself with it. to.e was no one to go i understand there are resources for children but not for adults. i mean, i would also like to be invol
host: let's go to ron, who is calling from new hampshire. ron, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. findingquestion about resources in my area here. before i get to that, i want to make a quick, devout comorbidity. you were talking about comorbidity of people with autism. i do not think it is genetic. if you took someone who is neurotypical, and you put them in a society where 98 percent of the people ostracize m, i guarantee they will develop anxiety and...
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shernoff -- ron ernow. >> coming up, a look at c-span's book "the president's." >> good evening. welcome to mount vernon. my name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w swift national library. for the study of george washington at mount vernon. it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and the ford motor company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. an opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. thank you for being here tonight. we are thrilled to have you. we will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of c-span. she will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of c-span and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. the american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not much said about it. article one is quite long. article two is quite shorter. the key phrase in it, quite frank
shernoff -- ron ernow. >> coming up, a look at c-span's book "the president's." >> good evening. welcome to mount vernon. my name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w swift national library. for the study of george washington at mount vernon. it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association and the ford motor company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. an opportunity for the community to come and learn...
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eastern of the white house correspondents speaker,ith featured author, and historian ron chernow. next, former defense secretary leon panetta talks about the relationship between military and civilian leaders and how it serves a critical role in a democracy. talks about american values and the importance of global leadership during from the center for international and strategic studies, this is one hour. john: good morning, everybody. welcome. we are delighted to have you here. you are in for a treat. we have an opportunity to spend the next 75 minutes or so with secretary panetta, and i have had the privilege of working with him, really as a student, under him, for, oh, 25 years. every opportunity has been rich, and i have learned so much from this. him and say tome all of you i am glad you are here, congratulations, you are going to have fun today. this will be very interesting. are responsible for your safety when we have public events, so we take it seriously, an if we hear announcement, i would ask you to follow instructions. alice is going to be leading you. i am a little f
eastern of the white house correspondents speaker,ith featured author, and historian ron chernow. next, former defense secretary leon panetta talks about the relationship between military and civilian leaders and how it serves a critical role in a democracy. talks about american values and the importance of global leadership during from the center for international and strategic studies, this is one hour. john: good morning, everybody. welcome. we are delighted to have you here. you are in for...
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how is that for a ron come to stat. >> here's what i want to ask you. how do you feel about the bucks going into the playoffs? >> i mean they have a lot of offensive weapons. i think probably they will get to if fiejs of the eastern conference. i'm not sure if they get to finals. >> folks in milwaukee have been waiting this for a long time. >> giannis is a great star. >>> the president's former fixer michael cohen ask house democrats to help him stay out of prison. >> the white house is pushing back as democrats demand to see president trump's tax returns. we'll show you what the president has to say about that next. back in a moment. in a momentol. tell your doctor if you have a history of scarring or are taking medicines that decrease the body's immune response or that can prolong bleeding. common side effects include injection-site redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, firmness, lumps/ bumps, bruising, discoloration, or itching. as with all fillers, there is a rare risk of unintentional injection into a blood vessel, which can cause vision abnormaliti
how is that for a ron come to stat. >> here's what i want to ask you. how do you feel about the bucks going into the playoffs? >> i mean they have a lot of offensive weapons. i think probably they will get to if fiejs of the eastern conference. i'm not sure if they get to finals. >> folks in milwaukee have been waiting this for a long time. >> giannis is a great star. >>> the president's former fixer michael cohen ask house democrats to help him stay out of...
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gayle had remarried and moved to arizona with her new husband, ron. and she could tell by the sound of her daughter's voice on the phone that nici had found "the" one. >> he was her dream man. >> really? >> he was the man she wanted. she was so in love with him. >> and he apparently with her. evidence to her friends and family, by the piece of jewelry she was rarely seen without. >> david got her a little tennis bracelet. >> diamonds on it? >> yeah, little tiny diamonds and white gold, i think. >> did she like it? was it a sentimental piece for her? >> she loved it. she wore it everywhere. >> another piece of jewelry from him would follow. a wedding ring. after dating for two years, nici and dave married. >> so tell me about the wedding. hawaii was the place. >> it was in hawaii. she looked so beautiful and happy. people had leis and beautiful flowers in her hair. and it was on the beach, with the waves crashing. and sunset. it was beautiful. it was absolutely beautiful. >> and was your sister happy on that day? >> yes. i think she found her prince ch
gayle had remarried and moved to arizona with her new husband, ron. and she could tell by the sound of her daughter's voice on the phone that nici had found "the" one. >> he was her dream man. >> really? >> he was the man she wanted. she was so in love with him. >> and he apparently with her. evidence to her friends and family, by the piece of jewelry she was rarely seen without. >> david got her a little tennis bracelet. >> diamonds on it? >>...
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. >>> joining us is rio ron wyden of oregon. senator, good to see you. you have talked about how drug companies protect their profits. how are they even going to take the first steps in doing things that would bring prices down, because drug prices are amongst the most profitable and most powerful companies in america. >> ali, they can get away with it. 2019 has been to be the year to end this price gouging. 2020 is a presidential election. i don't want the hard-hit consumer to have to wait until 2021. first, the government ought to use its negotiating power to hold down prices, particularly when you're talking about sole-source drugs, in other words there's no competition. that's a key area. second, we have to rein in these middle men, the pharmaceutical benefit managers. you've introduced legislation to do that. third, we ought to pass my spike act, legislation that requires these companies to justify any big price increase. >> then where is the lack of political will? this shouldn't be a rep or democrat issue. every american should be able to get -- t
. >>> joining us is rio ron wyden of oregon. senator, good to see you. you have talked about how drug companies protect their profits. how are they even going to take the first steps in doing things that would bring prices down, because drug prices are amongst the most profitable and most powerful companies in america. >> ali, they can get away with it. 2019 has been to be the year to end this price gouging. 2020 is a presidential election. i don't want the hard-hit consumer to...
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[ ding ] -not today, ron. -when will it end? [ ding ] voting for your favorite has never been easier. just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo. um jennifer, it's called a voice remote, not a v-mo. yeah, i just think v-mo has a nicer ring to it. so, just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo to choose your xfinity fan favorite to join the world of dance experience on my "it's my party" summer tour. cast your vote by saying "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity x1 voice remote. or as j-lo likes to call it, your v-mo. >>> the best news for donald trump in the mueller report was to be clear about russia no finding the trump campaign conspired with the russian government. the worst news is about obstruction. mueller probing many different trump actions and finding by my count at least five cases, some say more. there was serious or substantial pieces of evidence of the crimes of obstruction. here they are. trump's improper meddling into the probe of flynn, ousting mueller, and his follow-up to th
[ ding ] -not today, ron. -when will it end? [ ding ] voting for your favorite has never been easier. just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo. um jennifer, it's called a voice remote, not a v-mo. yeah, i just think v-mo has a nicer ring to it. so, just say "vote for world of dance" into your xfinity v-mo to choose your xfinity fan favorite to join the world of dance experience on my "it's my party" summer tour. cast your vote by saying "vote...
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they are instead having ron turn up, a major historian who wrote the hamilton book that became that musical everyone saw. he is going to give a talk about american history. i don't know how many jokes he is going to pull off. him, aind of a way for way for the association to reform the dinner. the hill hass -- to pull out of the dinner after the show will gave some insulting jokes on sarah sanders. for thatidely panned performance. is back. some of the top parties like arety fair, bloomberg, they no longer having those parties anymore like they did in the obama administration. become a more subdued affair. it has gone back to its roots, and the celebrities do not want to have anything to do with president trump or controversial topics in washington. you jumped into my next question. normally we see hollywood celebrities come in big-name people showing up at this dinner who are not connected to journalism at all. do we expect any prominent guests at the dinner this year? like: there are people jordan klepper, who is a comedian. night.iver was seen last driver was seen last night. s.ese are b
they are instead having ron turn up, a major historian who wrote the hamilton book that became that musical everyone saw. he is going to give a talk about american history. i don't know how many jokes he is going to pull off. him, aind of a way for way for the association to reform the dinner. the hill hass -- to pull out of the dinner after the show will gave some insulting jokes on sarah sanders. for thatidely panned performance. is back. some of the top parties like arety fair, bloomberg,...
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this year's keynote speaker is historian and author ron chernow. >> they told me that they wanted to try ordering at this year's dinner and i said i can deliver on that big-time. you are talking my language. here i am coming your 20 minutes sedative for the dinner this evening. nice to see such a healthy turnout. the president let it be known that he wanted members of his administration to stay away from the dinner and at first i was izzled by this news but then learned a rumor with circulating in washington that i was going to be reading aloud from the redacted portions of the mueller report and everything was explained. someurse, there has been squawking from the comedians and i am sorry about that. frankly, i thought those folks ofld have more of a sense humor about my selection, after all they are comedians. but we need them now more than ever during this surreal interlude in our lives. -- thatrogers said, describes our topsy-turvy moment. when i asked a friend what the atmosphere would be like, he said -- the roman colosseum. being a dutiful historian, i thought i should researc
this year's keynote speaker is historian and author ron chernow. >> they told me that they wanted to try ordering at this year's dinner and i said i can deliver on that big-time. you are talking my language. here i am coming your 20 minutes sedative for the dinner this evening. nice to see such a healthy turnout. the president let it be known that he wanted members of his administration to stay away from the dinner and at first i was izzled by this news but then learned a rumor with...
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i have to start with you ron klain. the word spying means something. if you're a tourist on the street you can mix up spying with authorized surveillance. authorized by a fisa warrant signed by the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but if you're the sitting attorney general and you've actually sat as the country's attorney general before, you don't mix up the word spying with the word authorized surveillance, authorized by a fisa application signed by the sitting deputy attorney general, do you? >> no, you don't, nicole. it was a shame to see bill barr, one of our nation's most respected lawyers, a two-time attorney general. turn in his glasses for a tinfoil hat. what he was talking about was the craziest trump conspiracy theories out there. that only the president's most fringe allies dare to advance. what we know is that this has been investigated five times previously by republican-led committees and nothing came of it. the justice department has been defending its practices here, they've been investigated internally and externally, and when s
i have to start with you ron klain. the word spying means something. if you're a tourist on the street you can mix up spying with authorized surveillance. authorized by a fisa warrant signed by the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. but if you're the sitting attorney general and you've actually sat as the country's attorney general before, you don't mix up the word spying with the word authorized surveillance, authorized by a fisa application signed by the sitting deputy attorney general,...
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nixon followed the advice of ron zigler and decided to play a good sport at the white house correspondents dinner. he did not impress the news media. after his next press conference, nixon said the reporters were considerably more bad mannered and ambitious than usual. treating them with considerably more content is a more productive policy. [laughter] >> when nixon had hosted a party he thought hiss, masculine appeal and sufficiently acknowledged press coverage. that is what the new york times and washington post should be writing about. i am going to kick their butts around the blood -- asses around the block. of course, the one that ended up getting his ass kicked around the block was you know. you folks in the media, we as ,istorians, the later once given immediacy to our sagas. an immediacy to our sagas. i think you do noble work to preserve democracy at a time when a rising tide of misinformation masquerading as news threatens to make a mockery of the first amendment. [applause] journalisticy takes injured -- and forgeries out there that the genuine article can become devalued and de
nixon followed the advice of ron zigler and decided to play a good sport at the white house correspondents dinner. he did not impress the news media. after his next press conference, nixon said the reporters were considerably more bad mannered and ambitious than usual. treating them with considerably more content is a more productive policy. [laughter] >> when nixon had hosted a party he thought hiss, masculine appeal and sufficiently acknowledged press coverage. that is what the new york...
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and watch live coverage at 9:30 of the white house correspondents dinner with outured speaker ron churn hernow.c just remember one thing. turn every page. never assume anything. i cannot tell you how many times in my life that stuck with me. eastern, night at 9:00 former southern district of new york federal prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judges or process works -- the judicial process works, in his new book, doing justice. he is interviewed by democratic senator richard blumenthal. >> have to persuade someone to your point of view. problems, one, when people do engage, they yell infected and they say you are ugly or you are -- they yell to. it's very mean-spirited and terrible and affects people's opinions of the whole process. what is even worse in some ways is the other problem, as people don't engage with the other side at all. >> watch this weekend on c-span2. tuesday, senator kamala harris holds a campaign event in hanover, new hampshire. she officially launched her presidential campaign in january. this road to the white house event is 40 minutes. ♪ [cheers and appl
and watch live coverage at 9:30 of the white house correspondents dinner with outured speaker ron churn hernow.c just remember one thing. turn every page. never assume anything. i cannot tell you how many times in my life that stuck with me. eastern, night at 9:00 former southern district of new york federal prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judges or process works -- the judicial process works, in his new book, doing justice. he is interviewed by democratic senator richard blumenthal....
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shernoff -- ron ernow. >> coming up, a look at c-span's book "the president's." >> good evening. welcome to mount vernon. my name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w swift national library.
shernoff -- ron ernow. >> coming up, a look at c-span's book "the president's." >> good evening. welcome to mount vernon. my name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w swift national library.